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"Melville and the aesthetics of freedom". (MLA abstracts: MLA 2005-Washington, DC.(Herman Melville)(Critical essay)(Abstract)
From: Leviathan
Date: 20060301
Author:Stauffer, John
The paper explores the aesthetics of freedom in Moby-Dick from three perspectives: as it relates to Ishmael and his friendship with Queequeg; Ahab s quest to vanquish the whale; and the reinterpretations of the novel by two contemporaries, a black man and a white woman. All three perspectives draw on the sublime, an aesthetic that greatly influenced Melville.
For Melville, the sublime could be used to break down racial barriers; it was a black aesthetic, among other things; and Ishmael's friendship with Queequeg highlights the power that a sublime black vision--in the form of ...
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